The pop culture cycle moves so fast these days that we probably would have believed you if you’d told us the M.I.A. Super Bowl “controversy” took place a decade ago. In fact, the world was acquainted with the Sri Lankan musician’s middle finger (in the midst of Madonna’s halftime show) about a year and a half ago. And the fallout from said gesture, believe it or not, continues.

In a three-letter acronym face-off, the N.F.L. is now demanding M.I.A. hand over a sum of $1.5 million for “allegedly breaching her performance contract and tarnishing the league’s good will and reputation” for the finger raise. Now the singer is speaking out about the legal battle, posting a video in which she addresses the latest developments. The gist? She’s totally over it.

"It’s been making me laugh for a while but now it's so boring, I don't even laugh anymore," she says. She calls the league’s accusations “completely ridiculous” and a “massive waste of time… [and] money.”

She also said she finds it hypocritical that the N.F.L. is targeting her in light of the other elements of the halftime show, which included a group of teenage cheerleaders (whom Madonna recruited from a local Indianapolis high school) dancing provocatively.

“If you look at them, they’re wearing cheerleader outfits, hips thrusted in the air, legs wide open, in this very sexually provocative position,” she said. “So, now they’ve scapegoated me into figuring out the goalposts on what is offensive in America, like is my finger offensive? Or is an underage black girl, with her legs wide open, more offensive to the family audience?”

M.I.A.’s lawyer, Howard King, said last week that she is going to be fighting ruthlessly against the league.

“She is going to go public with an explanation of how ridiculous it was for the N.F.L. and its fans to devote such furor to this incident, while ignoring the genocide occurring in her home country and several other countries, topics she frequently speaks to,” King told the Hollywood Reporter.

Additionally, in a sort of crowdsourcing approach, M.I.A.’s lawyer said they encourage people to submit “examples of how the actions of the N.F.L., its stars, coaches, advertisers, broadcasters, team doctors and owners have damaged or destroyed any vestiges of any reputation for wholesomeness ever enjoyed by the N.F.L.” to use as part of her defense.

Josh DuboffJosh Duboff is a VF.com staff writer, based in New York, who covers entertainment and culture.